justjeni — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:31:50 +0000

I just want to add another, big, THANK YOU! to everyone - this really was driving me batty, but I won't forget it now, that's for sure!

justjeni — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:26:16 +0000

Oh, you mean the space removed by the bg.gif - thanks! I thought it was adding that space. You do learn something new every day!

Suzanne — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:24:19 +0000

actually, it was the space she removed, not the spaces she added -- it's url(), not url () -- the spaces make a difference, just like if they occur in the middle of a wo rd.

justjeni — Sun, 27 Apr 2003 23:51:40 +0000

Thanks, disaster-master!! It works now - at first I didn't see the space you added before and after the colon, I just noticed the "}" at the end, but now I just saw that and that got it working - I owe you! I was tearing my hair out over this one. The tutorial I used has it exactly as I did have it - shame on that writer!

(gosh, that background looks like it belongs on someone's home pages on geocities... )

disaster-master — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:48:45 +0000

Actually, I think all you need is:

body { background-image : url(bg.gif); }
A:link, A:visited, A:active { text-decoration:none }
A:hover { color:#ff3300 }
-->

justjeni — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 22:35:23 +0000

LOL disaster-master - that is so much like a man!!! Gotta love 'em though, huh!

Well, I'm still having problems. I tried both suggestions - practice/bg.gif and the quotations, and neither worked. I'm really stumped on this one. I read the instructions over and over, looking at the code over and over - every semi-colon, but I just can't get this to work. If someone can figure this out, I'd sure appreciate it! Thanks again.

disaster-master — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:10:15 +0000

Quote: as no one in my little world likes, does or even cares about all this "stuff" as they refer to it.

LOL.....yes, I know what you mean. My husband refers to everything as "javascript". He doens't even know what that is.

He always says, "You better leave me alone woman or I will go put some javascript on your computer and make it blow up."

But when he wants to order something off the net it's "baby this and baby that".

justjeni — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:04:16 +0000

Thanks, busy, I'll give your suggestions a try tomorrow - ready to call it a night for tonight. Been sitting on my numb butt for 14 hours today - shame, huh! Total addict. Anyway, I hope one of those works- I'll let you know!

"Just a word of encouragement. Don't give up. There is plenty of help here. I speak from experience...of a css dummy once."

disaster-master, thanks! I won't give up - although I had to finally on that background today. And I had just been thinking to myself, "Gosh, this stuff is easy - and fun, why didn't I get into it more sooner"! Then this happened. Arg. Well, it's good to know I can get help - no, make that GREAT, as no one in my little world likes, does or even cares about all this "stuff" as they refer to it.

Thanks again, both of you!

disaster-master — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 04:49:27 +0000

Quote: I've been doing text with CSS for a while and thought it was time I ventured into more of CSS - love it! - and everything was going perfect and then this.

Just a word of encouragement. Don't give up. There is plenty of help here. I speak from experience...of a css dummy once.

Busy — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 04:34:53 +0000

try background-image: url("bg.gif");
quotes around bg.gif if that doesn't work, try add "practice/bg.gif"